My marriage to Michael Jackson

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In the first of a two-part interview on The Oprah Winfrey Show
to promote her new album, Presley spoke yesterday about her brief
marriage to Michael Jackson, who is on trial in Santa Maria,
California, on child molestation charges.

She told Winfrey her marriage to Jackson, which lasted from 1994
to 1996, was real.

"Do you think that he loved you as much as he could?" the
talk-show host asked.

"Yes, as much as he was capable of loving somebody," Presley
replied.

Presley and Jackson famously opened the 1994 MTV Video Music
Awards by exchanging a long kiss.

In a PrimeTime Live interview with the couple in 1995, Presley
told ABC's Diane Sawyer that anyone who questioned their
relationship could `Eat it'.

When Winfrey asked if she felt that Jackson had used her,
Presley replied: "All signs point to 'yes' on that. I can't answer
for him."

Presley, the daughter of Elvis, claimed she was uncomfortable
talking about Jackson, at one point exclaiming: "This seat is
hot!"

The 37-year-old singer made similar comments about her former
husband while promoting her 2003 debut album, describing the
relationship to The Associated Press as more "toxic" than her other
relationships.

Then, she told the AP: "I don't want to bash him. I don't hate
him, I don't have any of that going on".